National Drug
law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reacted to the judgement made by an Ikeja
High Court, ordering it to pay popular comic actor Baba Suwe a sum of N25m
as damages.

In a statement
released hours just after Justice Yetunde Idowu made the ruling, Ofoyeju
Mitchell spokesman for the NDLEA says the agency will appeal against the
judgement.

The agency’s
director of prosecution and legal services, Mr Femi Oloruntoba in his reaction
said that the judgement ‘did not reflect the facts before the court’. ‘The
judgement is not a reflection of the facts before the court. It is a
misapprehension of the law as it relates to power of law enforcement agencies
and the liberty of citizens. We shall appeal as the judgement cannot stand the
test of time’, Oloruntoba said.

The position
of the agency is that Omidina was treated fairly and professionally while in
the Agency’s custody. The agency also described claims by the comedian that he
was treated like a common criminal as untrue’, Ofoyeju Mitchell stressed.

Ofoyeju also
added that the scanning machines in all the international airports are
‘functional and manned by competent officers’. He praised the efficiency of the
scanning machines which tracked seven suspects that tested positive about the
same time the actor was arrested stating that they had all defecated the drugs
they ingested.